Project Details

The Challenge | Orbital Scrap Metal — The Video Game

Nuts, bolts, spent rocket stages, and broken pieces of satellites orbiting Earth are just a few of the many thousands of items known as orbital debris, or space junk. Your challenge is to create an orbital debris collection videogame web-app! You may build upon NASA’s Spacebirds and real data.

Earth Defenders

Educational web app game to invest in orbital cleanup and the next generation

The Uncrustables

Project Link Repo (GitHub): https://github.com/akyol/SpaceApps-TheUncrustables

Project Website: https://akyol.github.io/

A text adventure app that lets the user (target audience K-9th) decide the best approach to take regarding orbital debris. We built this project to raise awareness for the growing problem of orbital pollution and to invest in education to combat this issue now, rather than waiting for the point of no return.

Our demo project only scratches the surface of its true potential. Future implementation might look like deployment to our educational system, adding complex scenarios from NASA data to provide a deeper learning experience, and monetizing our app through various partnerships to invest in research and education regard orbital debris cleanup.